Jenna Dewan

Jenna Dewan

43 · Born: Dec 3, 1980

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2015

Personal Details

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Born Dec 3, 1980 Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
  • Nancy Lee Bursch Smith
  • Claude Brooks Smith
  • Darryll Dewan

Biography

Jenna Lee Dewan (born December 3, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Missy Elliott. She is known for her role as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up. She has also starred on the short-lived NBC series The Playboy Club and had a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story: Asylum. She portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End, Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and its spin-off, Superman & Lois and Joanna in Soundtrack on Netflix. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of Dance and Flirty Dancing and served as a judge on Come Dance with Me. She currently stars as Bailey on ABC's The Rookie. She also had a recurring role on the FOX medical drama The Resident. Dewan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Nancy Bursch Smith (née Bursch) and Darryll Dewan, who was a running back on the 1972 Notre Dame football team. Her father is of Lebanese and Polish descent and her mother is of German and English ancestry. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother remarried Claude Brooks Smith. During high school at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, Dewan was a varsity cheerleader. She graduated in 1999 and was voted prom queen her senior year. She went to University of Southern California and was a member of the California Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenna Dewan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2023
Devil on My Doorstep
Devil on My Doorstep as Natasha Wallace
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2022
Let's Get Physical
Let's Get Physical as Sadie Smith
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Come Dance with Me
The Rookie
The Rookie as Bailey Nune
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2019
Berlin, I Love You
Berlin, I Love You as Mandy
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The Wedding Year
The Wedding Year as Jessica
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack as Joanna Kassem
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2018
The Resident
The Resident as Julian Booth
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2015
Supergirl
Supergirl as Lucy Lane
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2013
Slightly Single in L.A.
Slightly Single in L.A. as Hallie
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Witches of East End
Witches of East End as Freya Beauchamp
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The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project as Brooke
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2012
She Made Them Do It
She Made Them Do It as Sarah
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10 Years
10 Years as Jess
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2011
Balls to the Wall
Balls to the Wall as Rachel Matthews
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The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy as Katherine Prescott
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Setup
Setup as Mia
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The Playboy Club
The Playboy Club
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2010
Falling Awake
Falling Awake as Alessandra
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2009
American Virgin
American Virgin as Priscilla White
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The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay as Sarah Jane
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The Jerk Theory
The Jerk Theory as Molly
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2008
Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding as Amber
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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
2006
Take the Lead
Take the Lead as Sasha
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Step Up
Step Up as Nora Clark
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2005
Tamara
Tamara as Tamara Riley
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2004
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows as Sophia
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Joey
Joey as Tanya
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Quintuplets
Quintuplets
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2002
Janet Jackson: Live in Hawaii
Janet Jackson: Live in Hawaii as Dancer
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2022
Step Into... The Movies
2019
Flirty Dancing
Flirty Dancing
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2017
World of Dance
World of Dance
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